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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [309] (318/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ROUTES 11 f (i, ii), g
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ROUTE 11 g
BURUJIRD—KIRMANSHAH (121f m.)
Authority:—Routes in Persia, vol. ii, nos. 68, 70, 71 (Reports of 1898 and 1905).
Before the war the main route described below was passable for
field-guns or could easily have been made so, and camel-transport
could use the route. It is not known how far the road has been
improved recently.
The most serious obstacles are the larger streams : these were for
the most part bridged before the war. The pass at m. 77 is some
times blocked by snow in winter.
There is much cultivation along the route, and numerous villages
are passed. A considerable quantity of supplies could probably be
collected at Kangavar. The route is well supplied with water. Fuel
is obtainable at least as far as Kangavar.
Miles from
Burujird
0 Burujird.
A route from Barujird fco Kangavar, longer than that by Niha-
vand described below, was sometimes preferred on account of its
greater security from Lur raids. It makes a northerly detour over
undulating or hilly country by Uslrtariin (m. 14), A"b 2 am an
(m. 34), Hamilabad (m. 44), Parasia (m. 54), to Kan^avar (m. 72).
According to a Report of 1905, the track is good as far as Hamilabad,
but needs a certain amount of labour to widen it and improve the
gradients for artillery and wheeled transport. Beyond Hamilabad
the track is still good, and less labour would be needed to make it
fit for wheels. The road is well bridged. There are no serious
physical obstacles. The water en route is good and plentiful.
Supplies available on the spot at the intermediate stages would not
be considerable, but the country-side is fertile, and large quantities
of wheat, barley, and rice could be collected from it in their season.
See further Routes in Persia, vol. ii, no. 70.
General direction to Ashtaranan, NW.
Cross aqueduct by double brick bridge, and then over roll
ing country, mainly ascending. Reach the Diz valley.
- Ashtaranan, village of 600 houses. (Distance from
! Burujird according to one authority, 8 m.) Four qanats.
j General direction to Nihavand, NW., over down-like
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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